Thursday night college football is back this week to kick off a truly great slate of games.
But first, a couple notes on the advanced ratings systems we like to reference:
At this point in the season, the Sagarin ratings are better than the SP+ ratings. Prior year ratings weigh way more heavily in the SP+ ratings - and for longer - whereas Sagarin is much more reactionary (without being too hasty) and therefore better represent what we’ve seen on the field to date.
Also, it’s been a common gripe that SP+, like ESPN which bought and now owns it, has an SEC bias.